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Republican hopefuls for the U.S. Senate, from the left, Norfolk state Rep. Daniel Winslow, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan, and Cohasset businessman Gabriel Gomez, react as they listen to moderator R.D. Sahl, right, while preparing for a televised debate at the WCVB-TV studios in Needham, Mass., Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Three Republicans and two Democrats are vying for the seat left empty by Secretary of State and former Mass. Sen. John Kerry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, Pool)
(The Associated Press)

Private equity investor Gabriel Gomez raised more money than State Rep. Daniel Winslow or former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan in the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. Gomez has also put a significant amount of his own money into his campaign. But all of the GOP candidates are reporting fundraising totals that lag far behind their Democratic opponents, U.S. Reps. Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch.

Gomez’s FEC report is not yet available on the FEC website, but the information was provided by his campaign. The campaign said Gomez raised $582,000 and loaned his campaign $600,000. Gomez has spent $682,000 on his campaign so far, leaving him with $500,000 left in the bank as of April 10. Gomez is the wealthiest of the Senate candidates, having worked in private equity for more than a decade. He earned a salary and bonus of nearly $1 million in a little over a year, according to a recent financial disclosure. Gomez was the first of the GOP candidates to air television advertising.

In his FEC report, Winslow reported raising $244,000 (including $8,500 he donated to himself) and loaning his campaign $150,000. He spent $252,000 and had $142,000 left in the bank as of April 10.

Sullivan reported raising $174,000. He did not loan his campaign any money. He has spent $77,000 and has $96,000 left in the bank for the final weeks of the campaign.

All of those sums are peanuts compared to the sums raised by the Democrats. Markey raised $4.7 million in the current election cycle, which he added to the $3.1 million that he had left over from his previous U.S. House campaign committee. Lynch raised $1.5 million this election cycle, which he added to $743,000 from his existing campaign committee.